September 10, 2014
Study on Native American Scalp in German museum could lead to restitution
A Native American Scalp in the Karl May Museum near Dresden in Germany is going to be subject to a study over its origins & acquisition, which the museum concedes may provide the basis for its eventual restitution.
Native American exhibition at the Karl May museum
From:
Phys.org
German museum agrees to study on contested Native American scalp (Update)
Sep 04, 2014 by Kate MillarA German museum said Thursday it will look into the origins of a scalp claimed by a Native American tribe as an ancestral artefact.
Scientists from the Karl May Museum in the eastern town of Radebeul near Dresden will begin an investigation to shed light on the provenance of one of 17 scalps in its collections, a museum spokeswoman said.
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